I am a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, working in Bioinformatics and Computer Science. I am also a guest researcher at the Vrije Universiteit.My research interests include scientific workflows, semantic discovery, and applying ontology technologies to biological data

The main objectives of SysMO-DB are to: facilitate the web-based exchange of data between research groups within- and inter- consortia, and to provide an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community. We aim to devise a progressive and scalable solution to the data management needs of the SysMO initiative, that:

* facilitates and maximises the potential for data exchange between SysMO research groups;
* maximises the ‘shelf life’ and
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Katy Wolstencroft

Glycerol, a major by-product of ethanol fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is of significant importance to the wine, beer, and ethanol production industries. This investigation aims to gain a clearer understanding of and to quantify the extent to which parameters of the pathway affect glycerol flux in S. cerevisiae.

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Katy Wolstencroft

A kinetic model of the glycerol synthesis pathway has been constructed. Kinetic parameters were collected from published values. Maximal enzyme activities and intracellular effector concentrations were determined experimentally.